Sergio Gonzalez Tornero

Journey to the Interior

Sergio Gonzalez Tornero's original etching and aquatint, "Journey to the Interior" was created by the South American artist in 1971. This impression is printed upon hand-made laid paper with the 'Arches' watermark and with full, deckled margins as printed in New York by the artist in the limited and signed edition of one hundred and twenty five impressions. It is signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. "Journey to the Interior" is a fine example his famous art, with its intricate mazes of deep etched lines, patterns and colors it is one of Sergio Gonzalez Tornero's most complex and accomplished works of art.

Original Etching and Aquatint by the South American artist, Sergio Gonzalez Tornero.

Journey to the Interio Original Etching and Aquatint by Sergio Gonzalez Tornero

Journey to the Interior

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Sergio Gonzalez Tornero (Santiago, Chile, 1927 - Lives, New York)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Apocalyptic Scene by Sergio Gonzalez Tornero	Original Aquatint Printed in Colours	1667	Signed, titled, dated and numbered, '8/100' by Sergio Gonzalez Tornero in pencil along the lower margin
02.-		Journey to the Interior by Sergio Gonzalez Tornero	Original Etching and Aquatint	1970	Signed, titled, dated and numbered, '13/125' by Sergio Gonzalez Tornero in pencil along the lower margin.	Sold

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Title:	Journey to the Interior
Artist:	Gonzalez Tornero, Sergio (Santiago, Chile, 1927 - Lives, New York)
Date:	1971
Medium:	Original Etching and Aquatint
Note:	Sergio Gonzalez Tornero: One of South America's finest modern printmakers, Sergio Gonzalez-Tornero first studied art in both Chile and Brazil before finishing his education at the Slade School of Art, London (1958) and with the famous printmaker, Stanley William Hayter, at Atelier !7, in Paris (1959-1962). Several years later the artist moved to the United States.
	During the past forty years, Sergio Gonzalez Tornero's original etchings and aquatints have been the subject of over 44 one man exhibitions in Chile, the United States, Canada, Italy, Germany and France. He has received twenty-two awards for his art, including the UNESCO prize at the International Biennial in Crakow, Poland in 1966, and the first prize at the 10th Biennial of Prints from Latin America and the Caribbean, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1993. Public Collections in France, England, Poland, Austria, Switzerland and Mexico all include examples of his etchings and engravings in their permanent collections. Sergio Gonzalez Tornero's art is also represented in both the Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
	Journey to the Interior is a fine example of Sergio Gonzalez Tornero's famous art. With its intricate mazes of deep etched lines, patterns and colors it represents one of his most complex and accomplished works of art.
	"The plate is a kind of bas-relief, with various modulated levels. The idea comes first; then follows a simple line drawing which is developed into a precise design, done directly on the plate with a felt pen. With asphaltum varnish used as a stop-out, the basic design is given a succession of deep etchings, alternating with much scraping, polishing, aquatinting, drilling, battering, sawing and cross-scraping. As long as there is metal, there is hope. ... Proceeding in this way, or in other ways that may occur to me, I pull trial proofs until I find the best possible manner of printing the plate -- or if I find it unprintable, I may throw it away. At this point I enjoy the excitement of having 'discovered' the print. Then the printing of an edition becomes a question of time and hard labor, since I print all editions myself." * Sergio Gonzalez Tornero
Provenance:	From the collection of Roger Trlak and bearing his inventory number, 'T-866', on the verso. Roger Trlak (1934-1975) established the commercial art company of Martin-Trlak in Chicago. In 1972 he also opened the RST Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona where he exhibited not only his own large collection of mostly contemporary art but also held important exhibitions of many modern artists. These Included such major American and international printmakers as Joseph Hirsch, Luigi Lucioni, Sergio Gonzalez Tornero, Birgit Skiold and Paul Wunderlich. Among Trlak's closest friends in the arts community were Raphael Soyer, Ivan Albright and Hans Burkhardt. Their original prints and paintings were constantly exhibited at the RST Gallery until it was closed in 1975 due to Trlak's untimely death.
Reference:	* Fritz Eichenberg, The Art of the Print: Masterpieces, History, Techniques, Abrams, New York, 1976, p. 325.
Edition:	Limited edition of one hundred and twenty five impressions, numbered 13/125.
Size:	23 5/8 X 19 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	UnMatted
Condition:	Printed upon hand-made laid paper with the 'Arches' watermark and with full, deckled margins as printed in New York in 1971 by the artist in the limited and signed edition of 125 impressions. Signed, titled, dated and numbered, '13/125' by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. A fine full colour impression and in very good condition throughout. Journey to the Interior represents a prime, original example of the famous art of Sergio Gonzalez-Tornero.
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